Editing Brazoria County, Texas (section)

===Toll roads===
{{Infobox government agency
|name         = Brazoria County Toll Road Authority
|type         = authority
|formed       = {{start date|2003|12}}<ref name="BCTRA">{{Cite web |url=http://countyprogress.zacpubs.com/brazoria-county-creates-toll-authority/ |title=Brazoria County Creates Toll Authority : Texas County Progress |access-date=January 31, 2018 |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083227/http://countyprogress.zacpubs.com/brazoria-county-creates-toll-authority/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|jurisdiction = Brazoria County, Texas
|headquarters = [http://brazoriacountytx.gov/government/commissioners-court Brazoria Commissioners Court]
}}

The '''Brazoria County Toll Road Authority''' operates toll lanes on [[Texas State Highway 288|TX 288]] inside Brazoria County. They connect to the SH 288 Express Toll Lanes in Harris County operated by the [[Texas Department of Transportation]].

====History====

BCTRA came into existence in December 2003 <ref name="BCTRA" /> when it saw that the [[Houston Texas|Houston]] area needed more roadways and wanted to have a say so about any roads that come into Brazoria County.

====Roadway system====

The only toll road BCTRA has in operation at this time is the '''Brazoria County Expressway'''. Located within the media of SH 288, the expressway begins at County Road 58 in [[Manvel, Texas|Manvel]] and is maintained by BCTRA for five miles up to the [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] line at [[Clear Creek (Harris County, Texas)|Clear Creek]]. The 288 Toll Lanes continue into Harris County (maintained by [[Texas Department of Transportation|TxDOT]]) for ten miles up to [[Interstate 69 in Texas|I-69]]/[[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|US 59]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Construction began on the Brazoria County Expressway in late 2016 and was completed on November 16, 2020. Tolls are collected electronically and an [[EZ Tag]], [[TxTag]] or [[TollTag]] is required for passage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brazoriacountytx.gov/departments/brazoria-county-expressway|title=Brazoria County Expressway|access-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>[https://www.click2houston.com/traffic/2020/11/13/288-expressway-set-to-open-on-monday/ Fresh drive: This is what the new 288 toll road looks like for one of the first drivers] [[KPRC-TV|Click2Houston.com (KPRC-TV)]] Published on November 12, 2020, and updated on November 16, 2020 (Retrieved November 22, 2020)</ref>